CVE-2016-5040

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Feb 17, 2017
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: May 24, 2016

Description

libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a large length value in a compilation unit header.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://www.prevanders.net/dwarfbug.html
[oss-security] 20160524 CVE request: Multiple vunerabilities in libdwarf & dwarfdumpmailing-list
[oss-security] 20160524 Re: CVE request: Multiple vunerabilities in libdwarf & dwarfdumpmailing-list

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